Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 1.5 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 48% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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